Conferences

2023   Invited speaker at the Computational Neuroscience Academy. Krakow, Poland. July 17-23.

Talk: Communicability, geometry and navigation in (brain) networks.

2023   Invited lecturer at the CIMPA Research School on Graph Structure and Complex Network Analysis. Nesin Mathematics Village, Izmir, Turkey. June 4-16.

Talk: Diffusive models in graphs and networks.

2023   Plenary speaker at the 18th Workshop on Algorithm and Models for the Web Graph. Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. May 23-26.

Talk: Circum-Euclidean geometry of networks.

2023   Plenary speaker at the VI Jornadas ALAMA: Laplacian and M-Matrices on Graphs 2023. Red ALAMA and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). May 11-12.

Talk: Spherical Euclidean matrices and effective resistance in graphs.

2022   Plenary speaker at the conference: Reconstructing network dynamics from data: Applications to neurosciences and beyond. Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), August 29-September 2. 

Talk: Network bypasses sustain complexity.

2022   Plenary speaker at FISES'22 XIII Congreso de Fisica Estadistica. Real Sociedad Española de Fisica. Zaragoza, Spain, May 12-14.

Talk: What makes a network "complex"?

2021   Plenary speaker at the Congreso de Ecuaciones Diferenciales y Aplicaciones/Congreso de Matematica Aplicada, Gijon, Spain, June 14.

Talk: Communicability functions in complex networks. Theory and Applications.

2020   Invited speaker to the cycle of lectures “Mathematics and Society”, Royal Society of Zaragoza, February 26th. 

Talk: Mathematics and Social Conflicts

2019   Plenary speaker at the Interactive Workshop on Machine Learning, AI, Data Science, and Complex Systems, Brussels, Belgium, November 20-22.

Talk: Math-driven analysis of networked data

2019   Keynote speaker at the NET2019 — International Workshop on Network Models in Statistics, Economics and Social Sciences,  Milan, Italy, November 12-14.

Talk: Risk-dependent centrality (in financial and economic networks) 

2019   XIV EITA Research Meeting in Approximation Theory, Monzon, Spain, Spain, October 18-20.

Talk: d-path Laplacian operators in graphs/networks

2019   COSNET 2019, Bilbao, Spain, October 8-12

Talk: Communicability geometry of networks

2019   3rd Fractional Calculus Meeting, Zaragoza, Spain, September 25-27.

Talk: d-path Laplacian operators in graphs/networks

2019   Mediterranean School of Complex Networks, Salina, Sicily, August 31-September 6.

Talk: Introduction to network analytics. Part I

Talk:  Introduction to network analytics. Part II

2019   Plenary speaker at the 2nd Latin American Conference on Complex Networks, LANET 2019, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, August 5-9.

Talk: Metaplexes. The last frontier?

2019   Workshop of the ALAMA (Linear Algebra, Matrix Analysis and Applications) network, Valencia, Spain, June 17-18.

Talk: Matrix functions for graphs and networks. A tour d'horizont

2019   Conference “Complex Systems at Purdue”, Purdue University, Indiana, USA, May 13-16.

Talk: Communicability geometry of networks

2018   Pregl Colloquium, Chemistry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 21th June.

Talk: Modern approach to Huckel molecular orbital methods in chemistry

2018   Conference and school Complex Networks with application on Climate, Neuroscience, Power Grid, Epidemiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 27th September-1st October.

Talk: Network analytics: Traditional vs. modern approaches 

2018   International School on Informatics and Dynamics in Complex Systems, Catania, October 15-19

Talk: Network Analytics in the Big Data Era. Methods, Pitfalls and How to Avoid them. Part I

Talk: Network Analytics in the Big Data Era. Methods, Pitfalls and How to Avoid them. Part II

Talk: Network Analytics in the Big Data Era. Methods, Pitfalls and How to Avoid them. Part III

Talk: Network Analytics in the Big Data Era. Methods, Pitfalls and How to Avoid them. Part IV

2018   Graph Theory and Physics, London, UK, May 30.

Talk: Communicability geometry in networks

2018   The 8th International Conference on Network Analysis (NET 2018), Moscow, Russia, May 17-20.

Talk: Machine learning analysis of complex networks in hyperspherical space

2018   School on "Nonlinear Time Series Analysis and Complex Networks in the Big Data Era", ICTP-SAIFR (Sao Paulo, Brazil), February 19 – March 2, 2018.

Talk: Network analytics. Methods & pitfalls. Part I

Talk: Network analytics. Methods & pitfalls. Part II

Talk: Network analytics. Methods & pitfalls. Part III

Talk: Network analytics. Methods & pitfalls. Part IV

2018   Keynote speaker at 18 EME Conference Internationale sur L'extraction et la Gestion des Connaissances, Paris 22-26 January 2018.

Talk: Long-Range Influences in (Social) Networks

2018   3rd International Conference on Complexity, Future Information Systems and Risk, March 20 - 21, 2018, Funchal, Madeira – Portugal.

Talk: Communicability in networked systems

2017   Keynote speaker at the Short Course and Symposium on Spatial Networks, Oxford University, 11th-14th September.

Talk: Traditional vs. non-traditional methods in network analytics  

2017   12th SICC International Tutorial Workshop "Topics in nonlinear dynamics, Control of Complex Networks of Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, Catania, September 7-8.

Talk: Dynamics on Networks under Long-Range Influences

2017   Mediterranean School of Complex Networks, 3-8 Sept 2017, Salina, Sicily, Italy

Talk: Network communicability

2017   Invited speaker at the First Latin American Conference on Complex Networks, 25th-29th September, Puebla, Mexico

Talk: Long-Range Influences and Dynamics on Networks

2017   First Latin American Conference on Complex Networks, 25th-29th September, Puebla, Mexico.

Talk: Network Analytics. Traditional vs. Non-traditional Methods

2016   Winter School on Data Analytics, December 17-19, 2016, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Talk: Communicability and geometry of complex networks, Diffusion processes on complex networks 

2016   IV Workshop and School on Dynamics, Transport and Control in Complex Networks, São Carlos, Brazil, September 28th-October 2nd. 

Talk: Traditional vs. Non-traditional Methods in Network Theory

2016   2016 International Conference on Mathematical Chemistry, Tianjin, China, July 4-8.

Talk: Matrix functions in mathematical chemistry 

2016   International Symposium “Frontiers in Network Science”, June 26-28, Hamburg, Germany.

Talk: The Geometry of Communication on Networks

2016  2016 Summer Solstice - 8th International Conference on Discrete Models of Complex Systems, Aveiro, Portugal, June 20-22.

Talk: Communicability Geometry of Networks

2016   School “Complex Networks”, Bertinoro, Italy, 11-16 July.

Talk: Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Methods for Network Theory

2016   School “Complex Networks: Theory, Methods & Applications”, Lake Como, Italy, 18-22 May.

Talk: Structural network theory: Traditional vs. non-traditional methods 

2016   Keynote speaker at the 7th Workshop on Complex Networks (CompleNet 2016), Dijon, France, March 23-25.

Talk: Spatial efficiency of networks. Implications for structure and dynamics 

2015   ICTP-SAIFR School on Complex Networks and Applications to Neurosciences, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 28th-October 16th

Talk: Traditional vs. Non-traditional Methods for Network Analytics

2015    SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra (LA15), Atlanta, USA, October 26-30.

Talk: On Growth and Form of Networks 

2015   Plenary speaker at GAMM Workshop on Applied Numerical Linear Algebra, Magdeburg, Germany, July 9-10.

Talk: Communicability Geometry of Networks 

2015   International School on Complex Networks, NetSci 2015, Zaragoza, Spain, June 1-5

Talk: Traditional vs. Non-traditional Methods for Network Analytics

2015  NetSci 2015 Satellite Conference on Physics of Multilayer Interconnected Networks, in Zaragoza, Spain, June 1-5

Talk: Communicability function and geometry in multiplex networks 

2015   NetSci 2015, Satellite on Networks Education, Zaragoza, Spain, June 1-5

Talk: Teaching network theory to mathematics students. The Strathclyde experience

2015   Plenary Speaker at NetSci-X 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, January 14-16

Talk: Spatial efficiency of complex networks

2014   European Conference on Complex Systems, Lucca, Italy

Talk: 

2013   The 36th German Conference on Pattern Recognition (GCPR 2014), Münster, Germany

Talk: The geometry of communication in networks

2013   IQC workshop on quantum computation and complex networks, Institute of Quantum Computing and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada, May 24-26.

Talk: Communicability distances and network embeddings in hyperspheres 

2012   Plenary Speaker at 4th International Interdisciplinary Chaos Symposium on Chaos & Complex Systems,  Antalya, Turkey

Talk: Networks changes under external stress

2012   Plenary Speaker at 2012 SIAM Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, USA

Talk: Complex Networks: A Tour d'Horizon

2012   “Applications of Graph Spectra in Computer Sciences", CRM Barcelona, Spain

Talk: Communicability distance in graphs

2012   “Function Prediction in Complex Networks”, Kavli Royal Society International Scientific Centre, U.K.

Talk: Communicability in complex networks

2011   Plenary Speaker at The 1st International Symposium on Innovative Mathematical Modelling, Tokyo, Japan

Talk: Spectral analysis of complex networks

2010   Plenary Speaker at Joint IAPR International Workshops on Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition (SSPR 2010) and Statistical Techniques in Pattern Recognition (SPR 2010), Cesme, Turkey

Talk: Structural patterns in complex networks. Spectral analysis

2010   Keynote Speaker Lecture, Computers in Scientific Discovery, University of Sheffield, Sheffield

Talk: Graph Theoretic Approaches to Atomic Vibrations in Fullerenes

2009   The Unexpected Link: Using Network Science to Tackle Social Problems, Budapest, Hungary

Talk: Communicability and the evolution of communities in networks

2009   Applications of Physics in Financial Analysis, 7th International Conference, Tokyo, Japan

Talk: Spectra of complex networks. Centrality and its applications

2008  Spectral Graph Theory in Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Talk: Spectral analysis of complex networks

Invited Seminars and Colloquia

 2020 "Fractional diffusion on the human proteome as an alternative explanation to the multi-organ damage of SARS CoV-2.", Webinars Complex Systems and COVID-19, Universitat de Barcelona, July 16th

2019   “Communicability in complex networks”, University Milano-Biccocca, Italy, 18/03/2019

2019   ““d-path Laplacians and long-range interactions in network dynamics”, Universitat de Barcelona, 06/03/2019

2018   “Communicability geometry and traffic in complex networked systems”, Colloquium at the Department of Mathematics, University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, October.

2018   “Machine learning on complex networks in hyperspherical space”, IFISC, University of Ballearic Islands, Spain, 27th June.

2018   “Communicability geometry in networks”, Department of Mathematics, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

2018   “Communicability in networks”, Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.

2017   “Long-range interactions and dynamics on networks”; Colloquium at the Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.

2017   “Matrix functions in mathematical chemistry”, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, France.

2017   “k-path Laplacians and generalised diffusion on networks”; Department of Statistics, University College London, UK

2017   “Anomalous diffusion on networks”; Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Herriot-Watts University, UK.

2016   “The geometry of complex networks”, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Limerick, Ireland.

2016   “Complex networks. A Tour d’Horizon”, National Oceanography Institute, Southampton, UK.

2016   “The geometry of communication in networks”, Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization (MPIDS) in Göttingen, Germany.

2015   “Communicability geometry and the spatial efficiency of networks”, Seminar the Group of Complex Systems and the Doctoral Programme in Complex Systems, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 13th November 2015.

2015   “Random rectangular graphs. Theory and applications”, Seminar at the Department of Mathematics, Bristol University, U.K., 19th June, 2015

2015   “Communicability angles and the spatial efficiency of networks”, Seminar at the Department of Mathematics, Oxford University, U.K., 18th June, 2015

2014   “Communicability in complex networks. Theory and Applications”, Seminar at the Department of Actuarial Mathematics, Herriot-Watts University, Edinburgh, U.K., February 2014

2013   “Path Laplacian Matrices. Theory & Application”, Seminar, GERAD, University of Montreal, Canada, November

2013   “Information Diffusion in Complex Networks”, Colloquium at the Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA, November 2013

2013   “Communicability and Information Diffusion on Complex Networks”, Seminar at the Laboratory for the Modeling of Biological and Socio-Technical Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, November 2013

2013   “How Peer Pressure Shapes Consensus in Social Groups”, Talk presented at the Computational Social Science Workshop organised by Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, November 2013

2013   “Golden spectral graphs”, Seminar at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, October 2013

2013   “Communicability in Social Networks”, Political Sciences Colloquium, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, October.

2013   “How not to get lost when navigating through a city, the Internet or the brain?” Seminar at the Network Research Group, Swansea University, Wales, UK, 25th June 2013

2012   “Communicability in complex networks” invited talk at the Inaugural Session of the SIAM Students Chapter, University of Edinburgh

2012   “An Invitation to Complex Networks” invited talk at the Inaugural Session of the SIAM Students Chapter, University of Manchester

2012   “Networks on Hyperspheres”, Colloquium at Centre of Mathematical Researches, CIMAT, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2012              

2012   “Communicability in complex networks”, Colloquium at Centre of Mathematical Researches, CIMAT, Mexico, 2012

2011   “Communicability in complex networks”, seminar at the Department of Mathematical Engineering, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2nd December 2011

2011   “Path Laplacian matrices. Theory and Applications”, seminar at the Applied Analysis group, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 24th November 2011

2011   “Communicability and subgraph centrality in complex networks”, seminar at Department of Physics, University of Catania, Sicily, Italy, 22nd November 2011

2011   “Communicability in complex networks”, seminar at Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences, Dept. of Engineering Mathematics & School of Biological Sciences, 9th November 2011

2013   "Decoding Network Structure by Matrix Functions", Colloquium at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, April 2011

2011   “Approaching Network Structure by Spectral Methods”, Mathematical Biology Seminar at the case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, April 2011

2011   “Communicability in Complex Networks”, Seminar at Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, SAMSI, North Carolina, USA, April 2011

2011   “Complex Networks: Interdisciplinary Research” invited talk at the Inaugural Session of the SIAM Students Chapter, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

2011   “Predicting toxicity from molecular structure. A topological tale”, Invited Talk at the NC3Rs/Mathematics in Medicine Study Group workshop on Mathematical Modelling and Toxicology.

2010   “An excursion through the world of complex networks guided by matrix theory”, Seminar at the Computational Mathematics and Applications Group, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford, UK, 21st January 2010

2010   “Introduction to Complex Networks I. Network Science Tutorial for non-specialists.” Workshop Complex Networks across the Natural and Technological Sciences. Institute for Advanced Studies. Glasgow. 19th-23th January, 2009

2009   “Introduction to Complex Networks II. Modern Concepts, Algorithms and Applications. Network Science Tutorial for non-specialists.” Workshop Complex Networks across the Natural and Technological Sciences. Institute for Advanced Studies. Glasgow. 19th-23th January, 2009

2009   “Joining the Dots”, Public Lecture at the Workshop: Complex Networks across the Natural and Technological Sciences. Institute for Advanced Studies. Glasgow. 19th-23th January, 2009

2009   “Introduction to Network Theory”, PhD Workshop in Modelling Skills. Institute for Advanced Studies. Glasgow. 5th-6th November 2009

2009   “Golden Spectral Graphs and Networks”. Lecture at the Workshop Complex Networks across the Natural and Technological Sciences. Institute for Advanced Studies. Glasgow. 19th-23th January, 2009

2009    “Information Mobility in Complex Networks”. Workshop Applications of Complex Networks, Institute for Advanced Studies, Glasgow, 25th-29th May, 2009

2009   “Modelling Complex Networks through Matrix Functions”. Centre for Interdisciplinary Computational and Dynamical Analysis (CICADA), university of Manchester.  11 - 14 January 2009

2009   “Communicability and Community Structure in Complex Network”. BBSRC MATSYB network I2M: Immunology, Imaging and Modelling. School of Mathematics, University of Leeds. 2nd April, 2009

2009   “Centrality and Communicability in Complex Networks”. Department of Computing Sciences and Mathematics, University of Stirling. 14th April 2009

2008   “Complex Networks: from Nature and Society to Technology”, Lecture, Workshop Complexity in the Brain, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

2008   “Centrality and Communities in Complex Socio-Economic Networks”, Lecture, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2008   "Protein Origami: How to Quantify the Degree of Folding of Protein Chains", Lecture, Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

2008   "Detecting communities in Complex Networks", Lecture, Institute of Industrial Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan

2008   “Complex networks: From the cell to ecosystems”, Lecture, Faculty of Sciences, University of Oporto, Portugal

2008   “Complex networks and Biology in the XXI century”, Lecture, Institute for Marine Sciences, CSIC, Vigo, Spain

2008   "Mathematical Characterization of Local and Global Properties in Complex Networks", Lecture, Department of        Informatics, University of Tokyo (May 19, 2008)

2008   “Topological characterization of complex biological networks”, Seminar, Center for Mathematics Applied to the Life Sciences, University of Strathclyde and University of Glasgow, U.K. (February 20, 2008)

2008   “Protein Origami: The Degree of Folding of Proteins”, Seminar, Bioinformatics Research Centre, University of Glasgow, U.K. (February 19, 2008)

2008   “Topological characterization of complex biological networks”, Seminar, Translational Medicine Research Collaboration, The Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, U.K. (February 15, 2008)

2007   “A Novel Topological Approach to Molecular Design in Organic Chemistry”, Lecture, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

2007    “From Small Molecules to “Small-Worlds”, Lecture, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Almería, Spain

2006   “The parts in the whole. The role of mathematics in the study of complex systems.”, Lecture, VIII National Conference of Spanish Deans and Directors of Mathematics, 2006, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

2006   “How the Parts are Organized in the Whole? An Excursion to Complex Systems”, Lecture, Second Meeting of The International Academy of Mathematical Chemistry (IAMC) Dubrovnik, Croatia

2005   “Structural characterization of complex networks”, Lecture, VII Seminar of Discrete Mathematics, University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

2004   “Characterization of the Degree of Folding of Proteins”, Lecture, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Concepción, Chile

2003   “Quantitative Structure-Property and Structure-Activity Relationships. A Personal View”, Lecture, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Concepcion, Chile

2002   “From 2D Drug Design to 3D Characterization of the Degree of Folding of Proteins”, Lecture, Department of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Brazil.

2002  “An Introduction to Bioinformatics for Mathematicians”. Invited Seminar, Institute of Mathematics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (December 14, 2001)

1997   “Spectral Moments of the Edge adjacency Matrix. Applications to Molecular Design.”, Seminar at the Group of Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Applications, Polytechnic University of Barcelona, Spain (April 10, 1997)